Obama's stimulus will cost more than the entire Iraq war.

[patjuan32]

fighter said:

patjuan32 said:

I am not going to read the article because it seems that the argument is Illogical.

The cost of transporting soldiers to and from Iraq and shipping equipment like guns, tanks, and others.

Then their is also medical supplies for the 'tent hospitals' and the cost of treating soldiers and transporting the severly wounded to Hospitals in other conuntries that can care for the soldiers. Then there is the outpatient care for the Soldiers.

The cost of food, lodging, and basic necessities like bathing, using the bathroom, and drinking water. All that has to be maintained.

There are so many cost to mainting a fighting force in another country, it's like running a city, that I doubt this guy or the CBO will ever take the time to calculate everything.

Therefore this guys argument is false on all accounts. Especially since we will not no the true cost of the war until years later. When the Pentagon decides to tell us.

 

 

 

Incremental military budgets require public funding (validated by the congress), the cost of the war is known. As you suggest, there might be some blurring due to reallocation of ressources and general confusion between the maitainance costs of the army and the incremental cost of the war, but military budget at war-1 and military budget at war x are perfectly known.

I doubt that the budget for the War is known. There are things that cannot be accounted for. There is also post care for service men  and women at VA hospitals that are probably not included in the War budget but should be.